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Since Curtis Strange repeated as U.S. Open champion 25 years ago, the first to do so since Ben Hogan in 1951, many of golf's elite have attempted to join their company. Tiger Woods, Hale Irwin, Ernie Els and Payne Stewart headline the 18-strong group, which also includes Tom Kite, Retief Goosen and Rory McElroy. None succeeded. In fact, as reigning Open champions, none finished within three of the lead. That speaks to the challenge confronting 2013 winner Justin Rose this week at Pinehurst No. 2, where the 114th Open begins Thursday, and where Strange again will be part of ESPN's broadcast crew. A Hampton Roads native, Strange won his first Open in 1988, defeating Nick...

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Since Curtis Strange repeated as U.S. Open champion 25 years ago, the first to do so since Ben Hogan in 1951, many of golf's elite have attempted to join their company. Tiger Woods, Hale Irwin, Ernie Els and Payne Stewart headline the 18-strong group,...

Davis Love III is getting another shot as U.S. captain in the Ryder Cup. Two people familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Monday night that the PGA of America has selected Love as captain for the 2016 matches at Hazeltine. They spoke...

Ernie Els returned to Spyglass Hill for nine holes of practice at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and nothing looked familiar to him. Of course, there's a reason for that. Els had not been to Spyglass since he was 14. He came over to the...

HONOLULU -- His left eye bruised and swollen shut, Australian golfer Robert Allenby is still shaking over a beating and robbery that left him unable to remember anything except being dumped in a gutter near a park of homeless people.
"You think...

GLENEAGLES, Scotland -- Europe produced a stirring comeback to win three and halve one of their Ryder Cup foursomes matches against the United States and take a 5-3 lead after a typically tense, fluctuating and hugely entertaining first day on...

Two things make Bubba Watson think that he and Webb Simpson make a good twosome on the golf course.
The first is the Bible.
"We go to Bible study together and believe in the Bible together," he said. "We can talk about different things...

Now the story can be told -- Webb Simpson may have talked his way onto the U.S. Ryder Cup team by way of a post-midnight text to captain Tom Watson.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Simpson discussed failing to qualify for one of the first...

PINEHURST, N.C. -- The 114th U.S. Open begins Thursday morning at Pinehurst No. 2 in the sand hills of North Carolina. A 156-player field will attack a par-70 course that has so many unique challenges throughout.
As a primer for the start of the...

United States Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson has chosen 2007 Travelers Championship winner Hunter Mahan; Keegan Bradley, a native of Woodstock, Vt.; and Webb Simpson for the three wild-card spots on this year's team. Each is a...

Teeing off on the final hole at the U.S. Open, Justin Rose figured he needed par to seal a victory.
The direction and trajectory of his shot looked good, but not until he walked up the fairway did Rose see that his ball had landed right beside a plaque...

The uphill putt just didn’t have enough steam, stopping a foot short of the cup.
That’s how close Jason Dufner came to setting the record for the lowest round ever in a major golf tournament. Missing birdie at No. 18 was a rare disappointment in his...

Pity Peter Hanson and Paul Lawrie. The European duo got railroaded Friday afternoon by Bubba Watson and Webb Simpson.
“The train left on the front nine,” Hanson noted.
The Americans took the express car to victory with one of the greatest best-ball...

The British Open galleries won’t get to see Webb Simpson. But nearly 80 Chicagoans will.
The U.S. Open champion is headed to Olympia Fields Country Club on July 9 to take part in a walking clinic and “closest to the pin” competition with Chase...

— When Tiger Woods broke a 2 - 1/2 year drought without an official PGA Tour victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March, it didn't come down to a crucial putt as in 2009. Woods, much like he did when he was the most dominant player on the...

The way U.S. Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III looked at it, he could not go wrong.
“The good thing is, I could pick any four out of 10 guys and we’re going to get great players,” he said Sunday on the Golf Channel. “The bad thing is, I’m going to leave...